Pircahan (Pirjahan) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.
Pircahan | |
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Pircahan Pircahan | |
| Coordinates: 39°43′34″N 46°26′08″E | |
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| District | Lachin |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 103 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Goghtanik (Armenian: Գողթանիկ). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the bridge of Kotrats (Armenian: Կոտրած), a 12th-century khachkar, a 13th-century khachkar, a 17th/18th-century khachkar, and an 18th-century khachkar.[1]
The village had 86 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 103 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
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Capital: Berdzor | ||
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